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U.S. House Acknowledges Planetary Atmosphere!

Posted on June 26, 2009

Though the low targets in the Waxman-Markey climate bill appall me, I'm also finding myself filled with a warm glow at its passage in the House.I've been writing about climate change for two decades, and now, at long last, my country's leaders have at least done something. Something halting and lame and catastrophically inadequate yes, but something that at least acknowledges the reality that we live on a planet with an atmosphere.Yes, we need to push on much more strongly. We need to be thinking about how to completely eliminate excess climate emissions from our economy. We need to set the st...

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